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GARMENT ADJUSTER.

No. 371,056. i Patented Oct. 4, 1887.

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RUFUS R. GILLESPIE, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,056, dated October4, 1887.

Application led April '27, 1887. Serial No. 236,384. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, RUFUs R. GILLEsPrE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hat-Rackand Garment-Adjuster, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a holder for a cloak or coatthat will aid the wearer in putting the said garment on; and to this endthe invention consists of a suitable holder with a catch or other meansof maintaining it in any desired position, and means for elevating theholder when released from the catch. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device as combinedwith a rack for hats or garments. Fig. 2 is a vertical seetion showingthe catch device in side elevation. Fig. Bis a side elevation of thedevice. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modification of the garment holdingclamps.

In the drawings is shown a board, A, surmounted by a lateral strip, B,carrying pins or hooks C for hats or garments. By means of suitablefastening devices the board A may be secured to a wall or other 'placethat may be desirable.

By means of a pivotrod, D, extending through ears E on the board A, aresupported the lower ends of arms F, diverging upward and outward. Thesearms are connected' at any intermediate point by a bar, G, which maybexed tothe said arms im movably. The arms F are sustained, normally, inan e1e vated position by springs K, extending from the bar G, or fromthe arms, or from both, to the board A.

Pivoted to the board is a catch-bar, L, having a series of notches orteeth, M, on one edge, and adapted to engage one edge of the bar G,which is beveled for the purpose, the said catch-bar L serving to retainthe arms F against the action of the springs when the said arms aredrawn downward, it being evident that the bar G, resting in any one ofthe notches M, will hold the arms F in the lowered position. On the endof each arm is hinged a block, N, which block is providedwithaprojection, O, adapted to a recess, P, in the end of the arm; also,on the end of each arm is a swinging yoke, R, carrying a block, S, ar-

ranged to bear against the block N, when deu pressed, and force itagainst the arm. The block N, with the means for forcing it against theend of the arm, forms aclamp for holding the garment to be put on.

Instead of the block S, the yoke R may be provided with a thumb or setscrew for the same purpose.

The upper end or collar of the garment is clamped to the ends of thearms F, so that the inside of the garment will be outward. The arms Fare then depressed and held by the catch-bar. The wearer then insertshis arms in the sleeves, and by a downward pressure carries the bar Gfrom engagement with the notches M, permitting the catch-bar L to falland thereby release the arms. The springs will then carry the coatupward and onto the The clamps may then be released wearer. and thegarment be disengaged from the device.

I do not limit myself' to the exact construction and arrangement ofparts shown, as the same may be varied without departing from the spiritof my invention, the essential features of the same being to hold thegarment stationary while it is being adjusted tothe person, and draw itupward when released, thereby assisting the putting on of the garmentvery materially.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl 1. A device forfacilitating the putting on 'of garments, consisting of pivoted arms,each carrying clamps for holding the garments, and means, substantiallyas described, for automatically elevating the said arms when released,substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a device forfacilitating the putting on of garments, thecombination of the pivoted arms, each carrying clamps for holding thegarments, a cross-bar connecting the said arms,

means, substantially as described, for autoing the arms in a loweredposition, substanmatically elevating the arms when released, tially asdescribed. and a catch-bar engaging With the said cross- In testimonywhereof I afx mysignnture'in bar, for holding the said arms in a loweredi presence of two witnesses. position, substantially as specified. l his3. The combination of the pivoted arms, l RUFUS R. GILLESPIE. means,substantially as described, for elevati "Yking the same when released, across-bar con- Witnesses: neoting the said arms, and a pivoted oateh- W.W. KERR, 1c bar engaging with the said crossbar, for hold- NV. J. KEER.

